Sentence examples for jerusalem fires from inspiring English sources

But as I stand there staring at the image of the temple and its surrounding sky and landscape, it starts to change from day to night, replete with an extraordinary moment: as the bright red sun sets behind Jerusalem, fires appear in two of the doorways (or windows?) of the temple and the sky fades out and goes to night time.

JERUSALEM — Rocket fire from Gaza has markedly declined.

JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a rain-starved forest in northern Israel on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted the government to call for urgent international aid in fighting the blaze.

JERUSALEM — A fire that killed 41 people in the parched north of Israel continued to rage on Friday, turning into the worst natural disaster in the country's history with thousands of acres burned, thousands of residents evacuated and a dozen countries rushing planes, helicopters and personnel to offer aid.

JERUSALEM — Two rockets fired from the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula struck the southern Israeli resort of Eilat on Wednesday, causing no damage or injuries, according to the Israeli military.

JERUSALEM — Hamas militants fired dozens of mortar shells from Gaza into southern Israel during a 15-minute period on Saturday morning, slightly injuring two Israeli civilians and sharply escalating tensions along the Israel-Gaza border.

JERUSALEM — A rocket fired at Israel on Sunday afternoon by Palestinian militants from Gaza landed near a house in Kibbutz Zikim, lightly wounding an Israeli toddler inside, an army spokesman said.

JERUSALEM — A rocket fired by militants from Gaza overshot the Israeli port city of Ashdod on Thursday afternoon, landing in an open area to the north, as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was meeting with Israel's defense minister, Ehud Barak, less than 20 miles up the coast in Tel Aviv.

JERUSALEM — Gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets and mortar shells into Israeli territory on Monday, causing no casualties but some property damage, after an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Sunday killed one Palestinian and wounded at least nine others.

JERUSALEM — Four rockets were fired toward northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in nearly two years, according to the Israeli military.

JERUSALEM — A Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck in southern Israel early Tuesday, threatening to further escalate tensions that have been mounting since Saturday, when a 30-year-old Palestinian prisoner died in an Israeli jail.